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Lynn Hadley. Wakisha Charter School technology coach. 1. Goals: 2. Challenges and Strategies 3. Assuming I am successful in my mission, our school should be a more technology-based institution with students who are more engaged in learning. Technology is not a pancea for all our ills, but it will surely make the teaching mission easier. To engage disengaged students back into the teaching enviroment is crucial to our overall success
 * To get a free period where I can help other teachers. It is hard to use my only prep period.
 * To help teachers learn the features of the teacher programs we have available, such as PowerSchool and StudyIsland.
 * To help teachers invest in project learning and especially to use the laptop library more.
 * To get more teachers proficient on the Promethian Whiteboards.
 * We are short-staffed, so it is hard to get my free periods. I believe that once the administration sees the value of technology enhancements we can have in the classrooms, it won't be such a hard sell.
 * We just got our laptops in and they are not available yet. We should be able to get more classroom participation once the laptop libraries are in place. It was a challenge to get some teachers even to use email, so the fact that we have most of the teachers on board now, bodes well for our move to more challenging applications.
 * The fact that most of our teachers are fresh out of college attests to the higher level of technology use among our teachers in general. It should not be a tough sell to get most teachers using the new technologies. Some teachers probably have had instruction in project learning in school. Once again, it's the few veteran teachers that are resistant.
 * I need to be more proficent in electronic whiteboard use myself in order to help teachers better.

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Jimeque Turner School District of Philadelphia Technology Coach.

1)Goals:

I would time to do more modelling an co-teaching using different technology.

I would like to teachers develop a support system within their schools.

I would like to get on the leadership committees in my various schools.

I would like to get more teachers comfortable using the various technologies available to them.

2)Challenges and Strategies

My teachers need support from their administrators. Some teachers need the proper technology equipment. I need continued support and professional development in order to do my job effectively. Some successful strategies I've been using is building positive relationships with the administrators and teachers in my various schools.

Goals: Challenges & Strategies: School Vision: Eric Capers GOALS: · To train my support staff to be responsible for more of my duties so I can spend more time coaching · To enlist the support of administration so that teachers give the integration of technology a higher priority. · To use all of the new tools and resources I just learned to assist teachers in improving their instruction. · To make myself much less irreplaceable and replicate myself by making the teachers more proficient in using My challenges are: · To make technology more relevant and useful to administrators so they will be more supportive in my efforts to create more staff development time. · To increase teacher awareness and proficiency with technological resources. · To make instruction more effective and document the effectiveness of project based learning. · To maximize whatever time I spend with teachers so that their instruction benefits from my coaching.
 * Pascal Marcelin: New Media Technology Charter School**
 * Hand deliver a copy of the NETS-A to all school administrators.
 * Complete the coaches log on a daily basis (or weekly at minimum)
 * Use a podcast/slideshare to create tutorials for common issues. (To help decrease common troubleshooting tasks)
 * Set up a meeting with administrators to explicitly explain and share documentation on the role and importance of a coach
 * Join the CFF listserve and be more active in the moodle.
 * Conduct a teacher interest survey
 * Conduct a staff development activity based on teacher interest.
 * My schedule restricts the amount of time that I can actually coach.
 * (This may prove difficult to address because admin has stated that it is a budget constraint on new hires and I am NEEDED in other areas)
 * Monitoring online classes and student iPad distribution takes up the bulk of my day.
 * Again, meeting with administrators to communicate the importance of the coach role may change their decision making process in the future.
 * Technology is not easily accessible throughout the building. Labs are in use for technology classes 90% of the day.
 * Continuing to work with teachers who desire to implement technology in their lessons may cause the administration to equip the classrooms properly.
 * I am not 100 familiar with the intricacies of whiteboard (Promethean technology) and I am regularly asked to help troubleshoot the newly installed boards.
 * I would like to increase my knowledge of the whiteboards and become a better resource for whiteboard specific teaching strategies.
 * My school currently has a the words "project-based learning" and "technology driven" in the school mission. If I am able to be successful in my mission, a visitor will be able to walk in and see evidence (in any randomly selected classroom) that both of those concepts are in practice. Teachers will be using whiteboards, video cameras, free internet resources, social networks, cell phones and other media to engage students in Project Based Learning activities. Students will also be more enthusiastic about what they are doing in school, effectively changing the school culture and attitude about learning.

In a perfect world, where my efforts are extremely successful, teachers are using PBL regularly in every classroom, while the administration supports and encourages their efforts. Teachers will show a major improvement in student engagement, academic performance increases dramatically, and negative student behaviors decrease.